@Gotterdammerung@glitch.social
Post #139463
2026-01-15 20:23 UTC
Critics sneer that "anyone can edit!" Sure and democracy lets anyone vote. Yet we don't propose reinstating kings (some of you do but that's another diagnosis). Wiki replaces the myth of infallible authors with something much more threatening: collective scrutiny. Truth under surveillance. Error with a timestamp.
The real fear isn't that Wiki is wrong. It's how it exposes the so-called authorities were wrong and got away with it because no one was allowed to check. Wiki puts expertise on trial.
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@Gotterdammerung@glitch.social 2026-01-15 20:23
Here is the confession buried under all the whining: Wikipedia is insubordinate. And for people accustomed to mistaking prestige for accuracy, that feels like anarchy. Happy 25 years, Wikipedia. Still proving that knowledge improves the moment it stops asking for permission.